Economic Analysis

Hicks: Firing of Heritage researcher shows cowardiceRestricted Content

May 18, 2013
Mike Hicks
A recent study by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, sheds a great deal of light on the sausage mill of policy research, and the courage and integrity of the process of policy research altogether.
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Hicks: Root cause of suffering labor market elusiveRestricted Content

May 11, 2013
Mike Hicks
At the beginning of the Great Recession, in December 2007, there were more than 26 full-time workers for each part-time employee looking for full-time work. By June 2009, that number had shrunk to less than 15 full-time workers for each part-timer. There it has remained.
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Hicks: The real cause of brain drain? Quality of lifeRestricted Content

May 4, 2013
Mike Hicks
Brain drain is a genuine problem in Indiana. But instead of slowing this trend, our higher education financing policies accelerate this problem by pushing more students into majors that are in demand elsewhere.
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Hicks: Fiscal prudence should be rewarded by tax cutsRestricted Content

April 27, 2013
Mike Hicks
Indiana enjoys what economists call a “structural surplus” in state tax revenue. This means the several-hundred-million-dollar surplus is a permanent affair when viewed against current expenditures. It would be astonishing if this did not lead to calls for a tax cut, and so it has.
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Hicks: Terror won't bring down a determined nationRestricted Content

April 20, 2013
Mike Hicks
Along with the sadness and anger that accompanies the Boston bomb explosions should come the realization that this could well be our lot for decades to come. We should expect and prepare for the worst.
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Hicks: Bourgeois dignity and the modern worldRestricted Content

April 13, 2013
Mike Hicks
A most remarkable book, “Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can’t Explain the Modern World,”, says all the explanations of the explosion of economic growth that occurred about 300 years ago are inadequate.
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Hicks: Three bad ideas that just won't disappearRestricted Content

April 6, 2013
Mike Hicks
Perhaps difficult economic times unleash the power of long-discredited ideas into general circulation, because three bad intellectual influences merit noting—one from the political right, one bipartisan folly and one from the left.
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HICKS: Major sea change about the debt under wayRestricted Content

March 30, 2013
Mike Hicks
A public fight has emerged among economists over the past few weeks, which likely spells major policy changes over the coming years.
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HICKS: Still too early to call Iraq war success or failureRestricted Content

March 23, 2013
Mike Hicks
The 10th anniversary of the start of the second Iraq war is an opportunity to reflect upon the economics of the conflict.
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HICKS: Recent economic data hold little good newsRestricted Content

March 16, 2013
Mike Hicks
Most government statistics are preliminary releases, intended to be revised, so they provide a poor picture even to someone with clear context on their meaning.
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HICKS: Economy will get worse before it gets betterRestricted Content

March 9, 2013
Mike Hicks
The dramatic reintroduction of payroll taxes makes this year’s tax increase most injurious to the working poor and the lower-to-middle-income families.
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HICKS: Economic evolution requires ongoing flexibilityRestricted Content

March 2, 2013
Mike Hicks
I am often asked some version of the question, “Can we really survive becoming a service economy—won’t our loss of manufacturing jobs spell doom for our country?” The answer is, “No.”
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HICKS: Stagnant pay for low-wage workers a problemRestricted Content

February 23, 2013
Mike Hicks
Hidden within the unserious politics of the minimum-wage debate lies an important discussion of why many workers have not seen their wages grow over the past generation. It simply takes some digging.
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HICKS: Let's try a $25 minimum wage to end povertyRestricted Content

February 16, 2013
Mike Hicks
As the president noted, no one should doubt that raising a family while earning minimum wage is a hard business; perhaps that is why almost nobody does it.
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HICKS: Why stock prices rise in a shaky economyRestricted Content

February 9, 2013
Mike Hicks
The stock market highs over the past few months have many folks confused.
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HICKS: You can stop wondering ... the recession is hereRestricted Content

February 2, 2013
Mike Hicks
Sometimes the worst part of the economic forecasting I do is the sinking feeling that my predictions will be right.
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HICKS: Middle class, education and income inequalityRestricted Content

January 26, 2013
Mike Hicks
The United States has always had something like a middle class, but for most of our history it has been a distinction not necessarily dependent on income or wealth.
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HICKS: Leaders steer us toward government shutdownRestricted Content

January 19, 2013
Mike Hicks
We appear to be headed for a government shutdown as our leaders in Washington, D.C., find themselves at an impasse on the largest question facing the nation: how to cut spending.
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HICKS: Why is the unemployment rate still so high?Restricted Content

January 12, 2013
Mike Hicks
The Great Recession wasn’t caused by a housing market collapse; it was more than that. Our economic unwinding required lots of failures.
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HICKS: More budget failures despite missed cliffRestricted Content

January 5, 2013
Mike Hicks
It was clear the poison pill of the fiscal cliff required too much courage for our “leaders” in Washington. So, we will have what, at first blush, appears to be the worst possible compromise.
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HICKS: Time to take stock of Mitch Daniels' tenureRestricted Content

December 29, 2012
Mike Hicks
No matter your politics, you must admit that Mitch Daniels has been the most consequential Hoosier governor in more than a lifetime.
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HICKS: Let's all maximize utility over the holidaysRestricted Content

December 22, 2012
Mike Hicks
The vintage and durability of classic Christmas songs carry an important economic lesson for our times.
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HICKS: Economic forecasts entertaining, but usually wrongRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Mike Hicks
This is the season of economic forecasts, for which there are many uses beyond their pure entertainment value.
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HICKS: Perhaps it is time for Americans to pay our debtsRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
Mike Hicks
Our republic can—and probably should—run a debt. As a great nation, we build and do things that endure, and these should be paid for, in part, by successive generations.
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HICKS: Demagoguery and the truth about taxesRestricted Content

December 1, 2012
Mike Hicks
The popular media lately has been full of astonishing piffle with regard to taxation—so much so that a reasonably smart listener might suppose there was some magnificent disagreement among economists, like there is among lawyers in a court case. That is not the case.
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  1. liek the rest of America

  2. These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.

  3. It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.

  4. No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.

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